Basic E Bike Skills For Beginners | E Mountain Bike Skills

Just bought an EMTB and heading out on your first ride? Chris has a few tips for you! From bike set up to riding skills.

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Make sure to perform a bolt check before each ride, set up your bike's suspension correctly, pedal at the right cadence to get the most out of your motor, and find a tyre pressure that works for you!

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[Altema]

Timely video; just bought my first e bike and am waiting for delivery next month. I actually started out riding roads and trails when I was a kid, with some pretty challenging jumps, then went to marathons and tours. All was well until my knees wore out, hence my first e bike. Thanks for all the tips, and I'm sure I'll be using a few of them!

[JubeProductions]

My Wife and I just took our first demo ride on a Specialized Turbo Levo Expert. We are all in and fully committed to riding E-MTB. I've been riding over 30 years and she has been riding about 20 years and it's the most fun either of us has had. We had so much fun riding them that the climbs we used to dread, are now fun and I loved them. I was using my brakes on the climbs that's how great it was. Now I just gotta figure out how i'm going to pay $20000 for two of them.

[davidsoutdooradventuresand]

Thank you for all the tips I appreciate you're video. I just bought myself a Giant Stance E+2 Power bike and I can use all the tips . This is my 1st E bike I ever bought and I'm enjoying it and it's so much fun to ride on trails and up hills. The Yamaha motor that this e-bike has is awesome with lots of power and torque.. Once again thank you for all the tips.

[jimjim]

Thanks… lots of good tips. Could you spend more time on going downhill. I learned the hard way that my Giant ETrance (26 kg) is a lot heavier than my Specialized Epic Carbon (11 kg) and that going down the trails requires a significant amount of focus and skill to control that increased weight! Even with the bigger brake rotors slowing the Giant to a comfortable and safe pace while going downhill is difficult without the feeling of loss of control. In the meantime I’ll continue practicing and walking my bike down any trails that unnerve me - better to be safe than sorry👍

[lozetchells]

Cadence and easing off the power when changing gear are by far the best e-specific tips any beginner needs. And don't rely on turbo.

[nohandle]

Thank you for a great video. Been riding a MYB off and on for decades but I still learned from this. My Ebike is still a month away.

[justhikingaround]

Great informative video.. I switch to a EMTB a few months ago ... and it is easy not to realise, and to change gears as you would on a standard bike. But as you rightly mentioned the torque on a ebike is the thing to take in to consideration. ..I found that keep spinning those wheels is the key and gently does it on all gear changes.
Great point is be aware of what gear you need to be in (and always be prepared )

[stevenbelow]

Great video. I've forwarded the link to my wife since she'll be home when my new Haibike All-Mountain 2.0 arrives. I'm stuck oversees due to air travel restrictions so she's going to be the one to break the bike in until I can get home in September. This should really help her get familiar with all of the new stuff since both our current bikes are vintage Gary Fischer Hoo Koo E Koos.

[mikrr]

I installed Sram pg1230 cassette on my Levo, flipping amazing now, when it comes to climbing steep hills. The best ebike.

[donwright]

Don't forget to take a little first aid kit for you or another fellow cyclist who needs a bit of TLC

[charliewilson]

I just bought my first E-bike! It's a fat tire bike. It's cool looking. But I didn't realize how heavy it is. 60lb. I'm old and have an internal injury which makes heavy things tuff. So I'm slowly going to put this thing on a diet. I think I can get it to 35lb
Will be an adventure!

[jasonbrown]

excellent info, the only thing i could add is that some setups allow for throttle and pas

[andyv]

Great tips. I also always drop the seat post going up hills ( I am a beginner) as I nearly end up on my arse if I get stuck and stop on the way up:)

[adolfofrancisco]

Just find that for some one that has the level of skill and knowledge like you guys, to even go to the process of sharing is great, keep up the good work

Picking up my first eMTB fully tomorrow! The first MTB fully after my bellowed GT LTS 1000-DS (that I still own and ride) bought 22 years ago :-) Partly, it's your "fault" !

[givreycham]

Good video for beginners Chris and thanks....but I would question the "spanner check" which could break every pre-set torque setting and the Loctite / screw lock seal ?

[cantorlevy]

I am a beginner 😊✡ Thanks for the valuable tips. I'm going to add a small mezuzah to my Radrunner plus.

[graysquirreltreeservice]

Get a set of tmac pedals, they are absolutely amazing 👍😝

[wildbillc]

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Riding in inclement weather. My bike manual says to not do so as it can cause damage to the electronics/electrical components. Any way around this bit of an inconvenience? Leave for work its nice out, come time to leave work for the day and its raining, so now what? How do you Ebike riders cope with bad weather scenarios?

This is my first E-Bike so its all new to me. I've ridden bikes for years just never anything electric. Had a gas bike for a while but wasn't worth the money with all the issues it had.

Another thing, what about tires? Seems the stock tires that came on my Ebike are the thinnest you could possibly find, already had a flat from a burr, and had to replace the inner tube. So, tire type & recommendations for inner tubes would be a great video too.

[hz]

thank you great video rgds from austria